Vocabulary

• conversation -
• IRF
• turn
• exchange
• adjacent pair
• transaction
• moe
• turn allocation
• repair
• symmetrical-asymmetrical conversation
• TTT vs STT

INTERACTION

• informal in groups
• teacher managed, asking individuals

CONVERSATION

• direct method - structured conversation
• audiolingualism - pattern, practise drills
• Communicative approach - emerging out of converrsation
• Sociolinguistic LA scaffolding in learning process
• task based learning a tool for carrying tool tasks
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TEACHER TALK
Sincalir and Brazi 1982 - exchange

• opening move What time is it?
• answering move Six thirty
• follow up move Thanks
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Sacks
Component 1 A description of what a turn is
Component 2 A description of how a conversation moves

• Speakers alternate
• one talks at a time
• Simultaneous speech is common
• smooth transition from one to another(peaker)
• turn lenght vary
• no specification of lenght and topic
• no specificified turntaking
• numbers vary
• turn-allocation techninques are used
• repair to deal with errors
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CLASSROOM TALK - CONVERSATION
Thromby and Slade 2006
Transactional-interactional -
Asymetrical - symmetrical
Teacher-lead - Jointly constructed
Display questions - referential questions
IRF exchanges - Adjacency pairs
Turns nominated - turns self-selected
Other repair - self-repair